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Airpark Anniversary Fly-in Contest RulesI just posted the rules for the two contests we are running at the AJ Airpark 13th Anniversary Fly-in. Here are the: Spot Landing Contest Rules These rules are not set in stone yet, and I would appreciate any feedback folks have on them. I am also still searching for someone to help run the PG glide contest. Anyone interested, please leave a comment here, or send me an email: pete@peterjohanson.com Sites > AJ Airpark News > Comp & XC Glide Contest vs. Running ContestThe fault line part was added at Rob's suggestion, and I tend to agree with his rationale behind it. If we don't have the fault line, then HG pilots may be tempted to extend their run to gain speed that way. We want to keep it a glide contest about your prowess with good, *normal* launches, flights, and landings, not about some funky 1/2 launch where you run most of the way down the hill. I'm certainly willing to consider removing it though. What's your reasoning behind removing it? glide contest vs. crashing contestSpeed is your friend. An aggressive launch is safer than a trot-pushout. A jackrabbit start usually ends up in a nose-high mush. Why mess with someone's "normal" launch just to avoid going over some line? What purpose does it serve? Running most of the way down the hill isn't going to win. Extending your glide by gaining speed sounds like a strategy. Why is that to be avoided? Fair enough.Sounds reasonable. I've removed the section concerning the fault line, and replaced with a sentence making sure pilots realize they need to actually try to launch (duh). If it turns out to be a problem, we can revisit the idea of a fault line for the next glide contest. Thanks for the feedback. Anything else about the rules that could be better? "If you don't like it, go run your own glide contest."Sounds like we have a volunteer for the next glide contest. in defenseDeftly detecting some 'tude, I'm wondering whether I need to defend my comments. I took Pete's "these rules are not set in stone yet, and I would appreciate any feedback folks have on them" literally. I thought about it and offered what I thought was a helpful comment. Comments like "If you don't like it, go run your own glide contest" and "Did you enter?" make my feedback sound like a complaint. I hope no one else mistook it that way. For the record I had no intention of entering the glide contest. I don't think that precludes me from offering the requested comment, though. I would have thrown my money away on the spot landing contest, but Julie was driving for us, we were running late, I was in "go-fly" mode and the day's contests never crossed my mind as we loaded up. -Stan |
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How about deleting the fault line on launch for the glide contest?
